[Astro] FW: Pre-announcement – Leverhulme Research Leadership Awards

Tue Dec 3 14:48:21 GMT 2024

Dear all,

Please see message below. Candidates interested in applying for the Leverhulme Research Leadership Awards should discuss their application and likely competitiveness with senior colleagues, the Director of Research (Anne Green), and our School Research Development Manager (Teresa Matini).

Full details (including the timeline for the internal sift process) are in the email below and/or on the linked Sharepoint page.

Key points include:

•               The scheme is 'for talented scholars who have launched a university career but who need to build a team to address a distinct research problem'.

•             It runs every 3 years, and UoN is only allowed to submit one application.

•             Previous calls have funded up to £1m over 4-5 years, of which 75% must be spent on research staff.
•             Successful applicants typically have 5-10+ years of post-PhD experience and include Clare Burrage in 2016 and Nina Hatch in 2022 (as well as Silke Weinfurtner in 2019).

Best wishes,

Alfonso

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Alfonso Aragón-Salamanca
Professor of Astronomy

School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Nottingham
Room B106b, Centre for Astronomy and Particle Theory
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK

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From: Cheryl Brand (staff) <bbzcg at exmail.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:bbzcg at exmail.nottingham.ac.uk>>
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Subject: Pre-announcement – Leverhulme Research Leadership Awards

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Dear all,

I am contacting you about the forthcoming Leverhulme Research Leadership Awards<https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/research-leadership-awards>.

This scheme is for talented scholars who have launched a university career but who need to build a team to address a distinct research problem. The scheme runs every three years, with the next call launching in early 2025 with an expected deadline of mid-June 2025.

The Leverhulme Trust has let us know they are updating some of the scheme guidance and we will circulate this highlighting the changes as soon as its been published.

We can only submit one application so we will be organising an internal sift process. Details and deadlines can be found on our SharePoint page<https://uniofnottm.sharepoint.com/sites/LeverhulmeTrust/SitePages/Leverhulme-Research-Leader.aspx> along with information about eligibility, which will be updated once the new scheme guidance is available.

Our nominated UoN candidates have been successful in each of the last three Research Leadership Awards calls, so we have 100% success rate for the last 9 years. Please see here for previous winners<https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/listings?field_grant_scheme_target_id=14>.

Based on the previous call’s guidance (in 2022), the scheme includes:

·        Up to £1m over 4-5 years, of which 75% must be spent on research staff.
·        Any discipline is eligible except for "studies of disease, illness or disabilities in animals and humans" and research "to inform clinical practice" or develop medical applications.

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Applicants must have at least two years full time or equivalent post-PhD university experience and have a contract that extends beyond the end of the grant award (2030 or 2031). An analysis of successful applicants from the previous call (in 2022) shows that all the winners have significantly more experience than the two-year minimum (see Sharepoint<https://uniofnottm.sharepoint.com/sites/LeverhulmeTrust/SitePages/Leverhulme-Research-Leader.aspx> for more information).

Based on last call’s guidance, this scheme doesn't fund the lead applicant's time, nor (unusually for Leverhulme) provide funding for replacement teaching. I would advise potential applicants to talk to their Schools/Faculties about support for their research time and implications for their workload. It's possible that some potential applicants may be able to lead the project within their existing research time allocation. Others may want to start in-principle discussions with Schools and Faculties about reduced teaching/admin loads should they be chosen as UoN's candidate and then be successful with the application.

If you are interested in applying to this funding opportunity, we advise you to talk to your School Research Director, senior colleagues, and your local Research Development Manager about your application and likely competitiveness.

Best wishes, Cheryl

Cheryl Brand

Strategic Research and KE Development Manager - Charities

University of Nottingham

cheryl.brand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:cheryl.brand at nottingham.ac.uk>

Internal: UoN Research Development Support<https://uniofnottm.sharepoint.com/sites/O365-ResearchDevelopmentandFunding>

Internal: Leverhulme SharePoint<https://uniofnottm.sharepoint.com/sites/LeverhulmeTrust>

Internal: Wellcome Funding<https://uniofnottm.sharepoint.com/sites/UoNWellcomeTrustAcademy>

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